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Word | Cryptic |
of an obscure nature; the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms; a deep dark secret; the inscrutible workings of Providence; in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands / having a puzzling terseness / Alt. of Cryptical / mysterious; hidden; secret / having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure. / difficult to understand : having or seeming to have a hidden meaning, | |
Usage | ⇒ Anand could solve a cryptic puzzle ⇒ Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime. ⇒ His instructions were cryptic. He said only to wait until we felt certain the answer was clear. ⇒ he found his boss's utterances too cryptic ⇒ A cryptic letter ⇒ a cryptic message |
Synonyms | mysterious, obscure, enigmatic, mystifying, puzzling, occult, recondite, secret, arcane, hidden, unclear, dark, esoteric, incomprehensible, mystic, abstruse, inscrutable, ambiguous, cabalistic, mystical, |
Antonyms | clear, obvious, straightforward, definite, distinct, evident, plain, exoteric, intelligible, transparent, explicable, explicit, legible, manifest, palpable, pellucid, perspicuous, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, |
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